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Pendant Teardrop 2” x 1⅝” - Matching earrings are available for purchase on the earrings page.
This stone tells the story of a moment. The triangular Ohio flint cabochon measures 2” x 1⅝” a substantial, commanding form whose surface reads like a landscape caught mid-weather. The upper half is soft and quiet blush, cream, and pale rose drifting together like sky before a storm. Then the stone shifts. A bold band of amber and gold cuts across the middle, deepening into rich chocolate and dark iron at the base. And through the lower third, a bright white river of chalcedony splits the composition like a lightning strike clean, sudden, and entirely certain of itself. This is what the land looks like after something broke open.
Set in oxidized .925 sterling silver with a full hand-twisted rope border and rope bail with ball terminal, the triangular bezel gives the stone a pointed downward movement an arrowhead quality that makes the pendant feel intentional and grounded. At 2 inches, this piece arrives at the collarbone with presence. It is not a subtle pendant. It is the one people reach for first.
Details:
Stone: Ohio Flint · Origin: Ohio · Matrix: Red, Pinks, Grays and Black · Metal: Custom Sterling Silver · Pendant Setting: 2” x 1⅝” Teardrop · One of a Kind with Makers Mark
Made in Taos by a Taosena.
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Where the Storm Broke - Ohio Flint Pendant
Ohio flint also known as Flint Ridge flint comes from Licking and Muskingum counties in central Ohio, where ancient marine sediments were slowly replaced by silica-rich groundwater over hundreds of millions of years. The result is a chert and flint of extraordinary color complexity warm earth tones, pinks, creams, and ambers banded and swirled in patterns that rival the finest picture jaspers of the American West.
Flint Ridge was one of the most important stone quarry sites in prehistoric North America. The Hopewell culture a sophisticated trading network that flourished from roughly 100 BC to 500 AD prized Ohio flint above almost all other materials, carrying it across thousands of miles in trade. Archaeological evidence of Flint Ridge flint has been found as far away as the Gulf Coast and the Rocky Mountains. This is a stone with a thousand years of human hands in its history. It arrived in Taos by a different route than most.
